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Full speed ahead: Mach 18 now available to test customers at AEDC Tunnel 9

Team AEDC members at AEDC Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 in White Oak, Md., conduct the initial shakeout of the Mach 18 system from the facility control room in 2019. Calibration of the Mach 18 system was completed at Tunnel 9 in July 2020. The system checked out, allowing Tunnel 9 to begin offering Mach 18 testing to customers. The first customer runs at Mach 18 occurred in August 2020. (Courtesy photo) (This is image was altered by obscuring badges for security purposes.)

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NIKON D7200

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50/10

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10/1000

ISO

2000

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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Full speed ahead: Mach 18 now available to test customers at AEDC Tunnel 9

Team AEDC members at AEDC Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 in White Oak, Md., conduct the initial shakeout of the Mach 18 system from the facility control room in 2019. Calibration of the Mach 18 system was completed at Tunnel 9 in July 2020. The system checked out, allowing Tunnel 9 to begin offering Mach 18 testing to customers. The first customer runs at Mach 18 occurred in August 2020. (Courtesy photo) (This is image was altered by obscuring badges for security purposes.)

PHOTO BY: Courtesy photo
VIRIN: 190418-F-F3405-0001.JPG
FULL SIZE: 1.59 MB
Additional Details

CAMERA

NIKON D7200

LENS

N/A

APERTURE

50/10

SHUTTERSPEED

10/1000

ISO

2000

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

Read More

This photograph is considered public domain and has been cleared for release. If you would like to republish please give the photographer appropriate credit. Further, any commercial or non-commercial use of this photograph or any other DoD image must be made in compliance with guidance found at https://www.dimoc.mil/resources/limitations, which pertains to intellectual property restrictions (e.g., copyright and trademark, including the use of official emblems, insignia, names and slogans), warnings regarding use of images of identifiable personnel, appearance of endorsement, and related matters.

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